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the u.s. military is in for a facelift after president obama announced america's focus would fall on the stump losing its dominance in asia the plan calls for a shift of special forces operations improve surveillance and cyber warfare capability alongside a slight reduction in ground forces but it's going to if you can reports there are still plenty of unanswered questions they new strategy is to move away from ground wars from long term stability operations to mobile wars where the u.s. can as we don't put out a put it shift and deploy forces to fight any enemy anywhere they said they're going to invest heavily in new capabilities seen drone scene space technology is to give the u.s. military this whole new shape which is the defense secretary said it will be nothing like the cold war or the post cold war military meaning they are moving away from ground wars told words and air wars toward the intelligence war so to speak the u.s. has pull troops out of iraq but feel less thousands of contrac
the u.s. military is in for a facelift after president obama announced america's focus would fall on the stump losing its dominance in asia the plan calls for a shift of special forces operations improve surveillance and cyber warfare capability alongside a slight reduction in ground forces but it's going to if you can reports there are still plenty of unanswered questions they new strategy is to move away from ground wars from long term stability operations to mobile wars where the u.s. can as...
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but now that the u.s. is going broke it says it needs to be more frugal in their military spending this as they involve plans for the most expensive piece of military equipment ever take a look you are looking at the u.s. as gerald r. ford the biggest price tag for any single weapon in history it costs a whopping eleven and a half billion dollars that carrier carrier is worth more than the g.d.p. is of both nicaragua and haiti so is that what you call cutting back look deeper into this earlier i spoke with the retired u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor i asked him if this is money well spent. no i don't think so. the real question for the american taxpayer is are you getting something better a dramatic leap ahead in capability than what you normally would get with a traditional carrier and the answer is really no it's very expensive we've invested in some new technologies such as the electromagnetic air left aircraft lift system which is designed replace the catapult it's troubled we've got problems with
but now that the u.s. is going broke it says it needs to be more frugal in their military spending this as they involve plans for the most expensive piece of military equipment ever take a look you are looking at the u.s. as gerald r. ford the biggest price tag for any single weapon in history it costs a whopping eleven and a half billion dollars that carrier carrier is worth more than the g.d.p. is of both nicaragua and haiti so is that what you call cutting back look deeper into this earlier...
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citizens so landry and frank and it want to take out the u.s. citizens part of landry's house proposal came with the following statement is that any statute that could possibly be interpreted to allow the president to detain american citizens without charge or trial is incredibly alarming frank and express similar concern saying it to not give people a hearing to not give an american citizen the right to have his case heard in a court i think that's one of our basic rights once we start getting rid of our basic rights we're in trouble and frank and landry are the only ones that are trying to use their political powers to fight this broad sweeping bill senator dianne feinstein try to change the contentious element of the bill to exempt american citizens but that was rejected by a majority of republican senators however she's trying to reintroduce that amendment and it seems to be gaining some support this time around let's not forget that senator carl levin claim that it was the administration which pushed for u.s. citizens to be included in lang
citizens so landry and frank and it want to take out the u.s. citizens part of landry's house proposal came with the following statement is that any statute that could possibly be interpreted to allow the president to detain american citizens without charge or trial is incredibly alarming frank and express similar concern saying it to not give people a hearing to not give an american citizen the right to have his case heard in a court i think that's one of our basic rights once we start getting...
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navy and the air force so for the u.s. navy and for the u.s. air force they are the main winners in this they knew war for the shrinking you as budget. which is unveiling the plan was already drawing the peace groups around the world many of them say the strategy is nothing but a military expansion disguised as a drawdown. this is not a step away from war this is not a step towards pacifism or a step towards a retreat from empire building it's actually the use of a military strategy that costs the american political leaders be they obama or whoever takes his place afterwards last on the home front if there are fewer american casualties of all the bleeding is done on the other side of all of the destruction is done by those who are suffering the consequences of air war they feel that there will be less antiwar sentiment at home so it's not a promise in the progressive directions what the obama administration and what the pentagon are doing in it and obama signaled that explicitly in his speech he puts again the primacy of the turn towards asia w
navy and the air force so for the u.s. navy and for the u.s. air force they are the main winners in this they knew war for the shrinking you as budget. which is unveiling the plan was already drawing the peace groups around the world many of them say the strategy is nothing but a military expansion disguised as a drawdown. this is not a step away from war this is not a step towards pacifism or a step towards a retreat from empire building it's actually the use of a military strategy that costs...
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soldiers and and let's let it be known that the u.s. military is not a representation of what these people are but these people are a product of war and when you go to war barbaric human nature is brought out and i mean this isn't new the native americans how it were subject to scalping and did scalping themselves and there was the cutting off of the ears in in vietnam and there was a whole lot of barbaric prepares behavior that happens when you go to war now you can say that this is an isolated case that you know not necessarily this this doesn't necessarily represent all of soldiers in the u.s. military but the action of a few can have profound consequences how can this incite even more violence i mean in other words is this video going to cost more alliance. yes it will just show it just to remind people of a few incidents that occurred a while back there was the burning of the koran that happened with. jerry jones as then there was the abu ghraib incident and before then there was the decision to invade iraq that had nothing to do w
soldiers and and let's let it be known that the u.s. military is not a representation of what these people are but these people are a product of war and when you go to war barbaric human nature is brought out and i mean this isn't new the native americans how it were subject to scalping and did scalping themselves and there was the cutting off of the ears in in vietnam and there was a whole lot of barbaric prepares behavior that happens when you go to war now you can say that this is an...
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security or to u.s. interests really in the region and on top of that i mean there's no question that we that we can ignore or should ignore the what has been the rhetoric out of all sides i mean certainly there's a lot of hype and rhetoric around iran's relationships in latin america and there's no question these countries such as venezuela and cuba nicaragua and even ecuador that. is visiting on this trip are countries that don't share. very friendly policies and relations with the united states at least today and so that adds into what has been the exaggeration of the visit my duty judge it also comes at a time when of course the tensions between the united states and iran are at an all time high and so there's no question that that sort of fire to to this whole situation or crisis as some would say that's taking place between iran and the united states but in the end i mean it's it's not a vision that in any way is going to celebrate some kind of plan of attack against the united states that doesn't
security or to u.s. interests really in the region and on top of that i mean there's no question that we that we can ignore or should ignore the what has been the rhetoric out of all sides i mean certainly there's a lot of hype and rhetoric around iran's relationships in latin america and there's no question these countries such as venezuela and cuba nicaragua and even ecuador that. is visiting on this trip are countries that don't share. very friendly policies and relations with the united...
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in the u.s. group two point eight percent when it was expected that three percent growth would be shared and that the nasdaq is up by just a notch. and europe investors slightly depressed too with the g.d.p. stats that just came out in the us c. is down three quarters of a percent the dax point two percent mining stocks and energy stocks are weighing on in the city as b.p. shares on losing around one point seven percent this hour. this is the closing picture for rush hour negative now for friday the audience is down point four percent so was the my sex but overall the week was very strong with the r.t.s. up four point seven percent but my. one was sent at the end of friday sessions burbank one of the few gave a half a percent on the my sex gasp all down one percent and still make i am emma k. is down one point four percent with a market unimpressed with a seven percent production increase and twenty. the market was generally pretty flat after quite a strong day yesterday the market in general is
in the u.s. group two point eight percent when it was expected that three percent growth would be shared and that the nasdaq is up by just a notch. and europe investors slightly depressed too with the g.d.p. stats that just came out in the us c. is down three quarters of a percent the dax point two percent mining stocks and energy stocks are weighing on in the city as b.p. shares on losing around one point seven percent this hour. this is the closing picture for rush hour negative now for...
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welcome back across not computable to remind you we're talking about u.s. defense spending. ok matthew if i go to you in madison a lot of people would claim that it's just a military industrial complex it's called corporations that make an enormous amount of money off of americans wars abroad in military presence abroad this is what it's about to i mean they're going to still be making buckets of money on a defense spending again as i pointed out if you do the numbers over ten years and inflation and all of this it's not a whole lot different from the the the bush era. you can't discount the power of the military industrial complex that president eisenhower warned about six decades ago and a lot of times the pentagon just serves as the advance team for u.s. corporations and if you read this current doctrine it's going to still do that obama talks about the pentagon making sure free trade lanes are open around the world while those free trade lanes help us corporations who are plowing those lanes and sending their goods through those lanes so we need to recognize really what
welcome back across not computable to remind you we're talking about u.s. defense spending. ok matthew if i go to you in madison a lot of people would claim that it's just a military industrial complex it's called corporations that make an enormous amount of money off of americans wars abroad in military presence abroad this is what it's about to i mean they're going to still be making buckets of money on a defense spending again as i pointed out if you do the numbers over ten years and...
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well really the u.s. wars are a form of absolute terror there's no other way of explaining secret rendition torture should not being targeted assassinations drone attacks on countries which the u.s. is not even in a declared war whether it's in pakistan somalia yemen. and hundreds of drowned surveillance over countries all over the planet all of this is a form of really state terror and a must be linked to defense of our rights right here because the people of the war on when when the sovereignty of every country is under attack of course it resonates here at home because everyone here who speaks out for their rights also is increasingly finding themselves targeted the occupy wall street movement targeted. the muslim population as a whole targeted race but it's about in there but president obama has promised to keep the military in check to make sure terror suspects are treated fairly isn't that some reassurance. well there has been no fairness in the way those even charged with terrorism have been treate
well really the u.s. wars are a form of absolute terror there's no other way of explaining secret rendition torture should not being targeted assassinations drone attacks on countries which the u.s. is not even in a declared war whether it's in pakistan somalia yemen. and hundreds of drowned surveillance over countries all over the planet all of this is a form of really state terror and a must be linked to defense of our rights right here because the people of the war on when when the...
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u.s. charges of breaching copyright it's all down to a british or american treaty that's being slammed unbalanced. iran has apparently found a way to stay in business despite a new oil embargo and. india is reportedly agreeing to pay iran in gold for its oil instead of using u.s. dollars reports suggest that iran's biggest customer china could follow suit. reports from new delhi. india actually has already bought iranian oil using gold instead of u.s. dollars and this is extremely significant because every year india actually spends twelve billion u.s. dollars on iranian oil and now actually beijing is also saying that it might want to jump on board with new delhi and also look into some sort of agreement with iran to continue to get oil new delhi and beijing actually account for forty percent of the imports of iranian oil the e.u. only counts for twenty percent obviously we've been talking about all week about this oil embargo that the e.u. announced on monday that they're hoping to roll
u.s. charges of breaching copyright it's all down to a british or american treaty that's being slammed unbalanced. iran has apparently found a way to stay in business despite a new oil embargo and. india is reportedly agreeing to pay iran in gold for its oil instead of using u.s. dollars reports suggest that iran's biggest customer china could follow suit. reports from new delhi. india actually has already bought iranian oil using gold instead of u.s. dollars and this is extremely significant...
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as you know toward doha hosts u.s. centcom central command so there's definitely synergy there with whatever america's agenda is with regards to syria control will be lockstep with the us this is not an organic. color revolution we're witnessing in syria libya has sent fighters to join the free syrian army that's reported in the mainstream news ok the united states is not with this security an opposition group hillary clinton in geneva a few months ago. being financially supported of being materially supported by turkey ok this is a rogue militia a paramilitary army comprised of foreign fighters ok these are not all syrians ok as we saw in libya we had a lot of guys who are from other arab countries so who are involved in the libyan rebel army that was backed by nato so this is this is a rigged game and i think syria if they keep the pressure on like they did with libya and in other parts of the world we've seen the same thing eventual the the regime will fold its engineered in the beginning and then it becomes a real
as you know toward doha hosts u.s. centcom central command so there's definitely synergy there with whatever america's agenda is with regards to syria control will be lockstep with the us this is not an organic. color revolution we're witnessing in syria libya has sent fighters to join the free syrian army that's reported in the mainstream news ok the united states is not with this security an opposition group hillary clinton in geneva a few months ago. being financially supported of being...
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as the health of an entire generation the u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of young americans are too overweight to join the military and epidemic so bad experts say threats to national security. our short but quite telling unscientific poll found americans picking logic over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. he doesn't want it to mean a. real way to table some service but that's not enough for what it's like is much made of beer at all that's what. that's what the nutritional value of. the terrible whatever it is i don't think whatever they're feeding in public schools is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up the greedy and can also leave a bad taste in many mouths or in a port in iowa r.t. new york with more firsthand experience now what it means to be an entrepreneur in russia has passed on this talks to ex-pats who are discovering the country's potential. but russian manages certainly have a perception problem even domestic companies tend to hire foreigners the evening local tim
as the health of an entire generation the u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of young americans are too overweight to join the military and epidemic so bad experts say threats to national security. our short but quite telling unscientific poll found americans picking logic over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. he doesn't want it to mean a. real way to table some service but that's not enough for what it's like is much made of beer at all that's what. that's what the...
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u.s. coming under fire after a number of cases where they looked the other way during emergencies. the e.u. has banned the import of crude oil from iran in response to its nuclear program the latest round of sanctions prohibits any new oil contracts while allowing for existing deals to run in told july but iran is apparently finding ways to keep business pumping report says iran will keep supplying one of its biggest customers out of india but will get payment in gold instead of dollars preassure reports from new delhi. india actually has already bought iranian oil using gold instead of u.s. dollars and this is extremely significant because every year india actually spends twelve billion u.s. dollars on iranian oil and now actually beijing is also saying that it might want to jump on board with the new delhi and also look into some sort of agreement with iran to continue to get oil new delhi and beijing actually account for forty percent of the imports of iranian oil the e.u. only counts f
u.s. coming under fire after a number of cases where they looked the other way during emergencies. the e.u. has banned the import of crude oil from iran in response to its nuclear program the latest round of sanctions prohibits any new oil contracts while allowing for existing deals to run in told july but iran is apparently finding ways to keep business pumping report says iran will keep supplying one of its biggest customers out of india but will get payment in gold instead of dollars...
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yes u.s. president that the opposition in syria is would be for them within the regime and that changed at best and that is human of course but they want security and stability in syria and they want to change the regime without any fighting and without any blood and the other part of the opposition if you talk about the position and that their support they are divided they are divided they are not united they are from the left wing to the right wing including the islamic parties and the syrian national council and the larger your position on bella on saw only you are not a political visit all four of those divided opposition they are in my opinion there i invited to come to see that to participate in their government but they will not go there president assad was talking about ten miles deep but it is just that i think you would form a new government with the opposition inside syria transition period before the constitution and general election. no but you know as maybe it went and election m
yes u.s. president that the opposition in syria is would be for them within the regime and that changed at best and that is human of course but they want security and stability in syria and they want to change the regime without any fighting and without any blood and the other part of the opposition if you talk about the position and that their support they are divided they are divided they are not united they are from the left wing to the right wing including the islamic parties and the syrian...
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by the u.s. and by some of these countries who actually are in the league could target also has an interest in regime change in this country libya has sent al-qaeda fighters under the command of their tripoli governor to go and fight in syria this contravenes all united name and laws ok and if the us is actively involved in supporting this then they are culpable in international court. so to come this hour marking ten years of the euro. they can bring themselves to admit that it was a mistake and so i'm afraid we risk the very thing they purport to fear which is a disorderly breakup of the euro caused by having tried to keep it together for too long. the mood is far from trouble and the millions of europeans who enter twenty twelve with a currency that's failed to live up to expectations and has a bleak prospect. is really secrets may soon become rather more public gets tired he plans to launch a brand new satellite capable of zooming in and taking pictures television wants no one to see. a quick
by the u.s. and by some of these countries who actually are in the league could target also has an interest in regime change in this country libya has sent al-qaeda fighters under the command of their tripoli governor to go and fight in syria this contravenes all united name and laws ok and if the us is actively involved in supporting this then they are culpable in international court. so to come this hour marking ten years of the euro. they can bring themselves to admit that it was a mistake...
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some like the u.s. for instance at least that's the new face of american foreign policy and they're ready to talk turkey with the taliban so after ten years of endless war is the taliban winning. the good evening it's wednesday january fourth seven pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. well there's no turning back now the madness has begun for real now people are actually voting not just talking to pollsters and with those votes counted the results are in romney of course came in first place in iowa with thirty thousand fifteen votes were santorum got just eight fewer votes and ron paul in third place with twenty six thousand two hundred and one thousand votes so in total about one hundred twenty two thousand people voted in last night's caucus the first real test of the voters well under twenty two thousand people isn't that much and when you think about iowa it's not only an extremely rural state it's about ninety one percent white according to u.s. census data it's also tra
some like the u.s. for instance at least that's the new face of american foreign policy and they're ready to talk turkey with the taliban so after ten years of endless war is the taliban winning. the good evening it's wednesday january fourth seven pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. well there's no turning back now the madness has begun for real now people are actually voting not just talking to pollsters and with those votes counted the results are in romney of...
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in a series of attacks on u.s. internet pages to avenge a growing crackdown on file sharing services. league observers wrap up their much criticized mission to syria and prepare to deliver the or report as the syrian opposition beats its brands in favor of military intervention. and the london ramps up its efforts to bring.
in a series of attacks on u.s. internet pages to avenge a growing crackdown on file sharing services. league observers wrap up their much criticized mission to syria and prepare to deliver the or report as the syrian opposition beats its brands in favor of military intervention. and the london ramps up its efforts to bring.
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u.s. police have used tear gas and flash grenades against some two thousand occupy campaigners in oakland california around three hundred people have been arrested as the crowds trying to seize one of the city's buildings before later marching through the downtown area arches were important iowa has more. it began around saturday afternoon when roughly two hundred fifty occupy occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and it was hours past the crowd grew stronger and stronger up to crosley twenty two thousand people strong ultimately what the goal was for this demonstration is for protesters to take over and abandoned building where they wanted to create their new headquarters because as our viewers may remember crossed the country in the united states just a few months ago police departments are removed activists from their camps and this was an attempt for oakland optimiser to set up a new headquarters but as the crowd grew stronger and larger of thankfull
u.s. police have used tear gas and flash grenades against some two thousand occupy campaigners in oakland california around three hundred people have been arrested as the crowds trying to seize one of the city's buildings before later marching through the downtown area arches were important iowa has more. it began around saturday afternoon when roughly two hundred fifty occupy occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and it was hours past the crowd grew stronger...
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u.s. has no interest in shutting it down and a little over a third saying it will happen when washington builds a new prison elsewhere on the rest of the votes are evenly split just south of the sample you get now will be shot when now the u.s. runs out of money to run it and the same ground saying all the terrorist will have to be the feet of first so you can join the debate by logging on to our website r t v dot com and letting us know what you think on this issue. and to other stories now syria's president has promised reforms as a way out of the country's current crisis but others are pushing some war dress take measures neighbor turkey says it must do all it can to prevent a civil war in syria and has expressed support for humanitarian intervention but is r.t. is more if an option in our reports the turkish government may not be getting an accurate picture of what's really happening next door. with the bloody status quo in the syrian crisis maintained for months she is a growing and v
u.s. has no interest in shutting it down and a little over a third saying it will happen when washington builds a new prison elsewhere on the rest of the votes are evenly split just south of the sample you get now will be shot when now the u.s. runs out of money to run it and the same ground saying all the terrorist will have to be the feet of first so you can join the debate by logging on to our website r t v dot com and letting us know what you think on this issue. and to other stories now...
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well they announced sifton army strategy isn't stopping the u.s. from deploying thousands of troops to israel for their biggest ever joint drill and it's raising bronston space of a clear warning that america will soon launch military action against it more on that for you on our web site r t v dot com. and later in the program we'll look at the simmering conflict between tehran and western powers over the looming reigning while export ban and its potential consequences. but first what began as a symbol of the united here up is now the talk about the heart of a crisis that's tearing it apart ten years on and the euro is in real trouble with countries plagued by debt and crisis remedies failing to give relief artists are silly reports from brussels. the birth of an ambitious project a common currency celebrated with no less than a big bang. theory the beginning of a strong europe there you know. the barriers to the war back in the world. yet ten years down the road the euro is not in the best of shape. a spiraling sovereign debt crisis credit downgr
well they announced sifton army strategy isn't stopping the u.s. from deploying thousands of troops to israel for their biggest ever joint drill and it's raising bronston space of a clear warning that america will soon launch military action against it more on that for you on our web site r t v dot com. and later in the program we'll look at the simmering conflict between tehran and western powers over the looming reigning while export ban and its potential consequences. but first what began as...
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the u.s. on bail to its new military strategy ground wars are now seen as passe ending your kind of warfare is indoors i'll tell you more about it as i come back in just a few minutes. prosecutors in the trial of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak called for death by hanging for him and his closest associates they justified the request by arguing that mubarak was personally responsible for every protest to death during the country's revolution the prosecutor went on to claim that quote retribution is the solution for the eighty three year olds currently suffering severe health problems it was carried into the hearing on a stretcher radio host and author stephen leatherman told us he believes the trials merely a diversion from the continuing brutality against protesters in the country. this is a distraction this is to do. your believing . for each in their own trying to absolve themselves of the process things are worse now one of the military. know also. people running the country to say
the u.s. on bail to its new military strategy ground wars are now seen as passe ending your kind of warfare is indoors i'll tell you more about it as i come back in just a few minutes. prosecutors in the trial of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak called for death by hanging for him and his closest associates they justified the request by arguing that mubarak was personally responsible for every protest to death during the country's revolution the prosecutor went on to claim that quote...
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the u.s. and others but but i think really the idea that iran would really close off the straits of hormuz or attempt to do so would only be an absolute last measure resort for a country that relies on the importation of refined gasoline and other things through the very straits that they would be sensibly sabotaging and planting mines in so it's it's quite remarkable to think that that iran would do that in any other situation other than they felt that the entire existence of their country was under threat so adding more sanctions to to the mix is is really just a recipe for military. disaster i think and still ahead for you this hour the fate of a former leader. prosecutors in egypt call for the death penalty for ousted president mubarak some analysts say his execution might spell trouble for the entire region. plus europe fears that recession and economic instability has trouble creeps closer towards the use heavyweights. in america now the race for the presidency is in full swing with six
the u.s. and others but but i think really the idea that iran would really close off the straits of hormuz or attempt to do so would only be an absolute last measure resort for a country that relies on the importation of refined gasoline and other things through the very straits that they would be sensibly sabotaging and planting mines in so it's it's quite remarkable to think that that iran would do that in any other situation other than they felt that the entire existence of their country was...
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long before he became u.s. president or a nobel peace prize winner barack obama was a constitutional law professor we have never been more energized by. a civil liberties champion turned charismatic candidate who vowed to reverse the abuses and policies of his predecessor george w. bush four years later many civil rights advocates who once cheered yes we can are finding themselves saying no you can't not only has the obama administration blocked torture accountability and refused to investigate and prosecute. he's he's basically maintained indefinite detention has revived military commissions. and as we've seen as well he has expanded targeted killings so they've increased under the obama administration many fold and he's even authorize the killing of a u.s. citizen so you know i think yeah we're in a you know there is a bad state of civil liberties under the obama administration world renowned author and scholar noam chomsky believes the obama administration has changed gears and accelerated illegal practice i
long before he became u.s. president or a nobel peace prize winner barack obama was a constitutional law professor we have never been more energized by. a civil liberties champion turned charismatic candidate who vowed to reverse the abuses and policies of his predecessor george w. bush four years later many civil rights advocates who once cheered yes we can are finding themselves saying no you can't not only has the obama administration blocked torture accountability and refused to investigate...
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so as to the u.s. u.s. president barack obama today announced plans for defense cuts cuts that you know as he said earlier in the show some say are too big some will say are too small but let's break it down in a way you can really see because the pentagon is looking at cutting four hundred eighty nine billion dollars over ten years to see what that looks like first let's look at the big picture of those actual numbers so u.s. tax revenue two point three trillion federal spending about three point six trillion u.s. deficit is one point three trillion the national debt fifteen trillion plan defense cuts over ten years four hundred eighty nine billion per year that's about forty billion now i'm not saying that's what's planned but if you break it down for our purposes well use that figure ok trillions hundreds of billions i mean we know what the picture looks like from there but let's look at at it a little bit of a different way let's look at the perspective of what this would look like for a household budge
so as to the u.s. u.s. president barack obama today announced plans for defense cuts cuts that you know as he said earlier in the show some say are too big some will say are too small but let's break it down in a way you can really see because the pentagon is looking at cutting four hundred eighty nine billion dollars over ten years to see what that looks like first let's look at the big picture of those actual numbers so u.s. tax revenue two point three trillion federal spending about three...
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influence among u.s. policymakers are so strong that they constructed this imaginary threat about this nuclear weapon so that they can do sanctions that they could do four hundred millions dollars worth of of covert action in iran to perhaps elicit a reaction from iran where they can stop them with the military means that's what the name of the game is and people should realize that because you know it's very very close to the kind of situation that happened exactly ten years ago it's almost bizarre deja vu all over again this time it's not iraq this time it's iran and israel is a big decision maker here now what was really interesting is they in feinstein who's a very pro israel person admitted that she had been meeting this over the weekend with the head of mossad the israeli cia so that betray us all what they talking about the iranian threat well you know why don't they talk to the radiance about him he threatened you mean so willy you know it's really really really unconscionable the way the american
influence among u.s. policymakers are so strong that they constructed this imaginary threat about this nuclear weapon so that they can do sanctions that they could do four hundred millions dollars worth of of covert action in iran to perhaps elicit a reaction from iran where they can stop them with the military means that's what the name of the game is and people should realize that because you know it's very very close to the kind of situation that happened exactly ten years ago it's almost...
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the torture around in afghanistan the man in the u.s. the u.s. army hands over control of its main prison in the country within a month after claims inmates have been severely news. the french and german leaders are stressed the boosting economic growth is a priority as they try to stem the eurozone debt crisis in their first meeting of the new year they've also been calling for a quick conclusion to negotiations on a new treaty which will in shrine strict fiscal rules but is he going to report some worry that germany above all sees this as an opportunity to increase its political clout. billions of euros had been injected into the greek economy while its population has been given shot after shot of austerity measures in most cases that cement wages cut taxes raised my friend the famous composer. crees. compares it with a time before the fascism and what they are doing is to destroy the democracy greece is that democracy has seen the elected pm swept into the political gutter and replaced by an unelected technocrat who just happened to be a forme
the torture around in afghanistan the man in the u.s. the u.s. army hands over control of its main prison in the country within a month after claims inmates have been severely news. the french and german leaders are stressed the boosting economic growth is a priority as they try to stem the eurozone debt crisis in their first meeting of the new year they've also been calling for a quick conclusion to negotiations on a new treaty which will in shrine strict fiscal rules but is he going to report...
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the u.s. department of defense has promised a thorough investigation are you saying that people in the u.s. on short by this like so many other people all throughout the world i think a lot of ordinary people. rallying around the sort of support our troops thing but yes the governments and the authorities in both countries have been condemning it right but the problem is that in the past when things like this have come up say like abu ghraib photos of you know naked men in pyramids or when they were standing next to the great detainees smiling with their thumbs up i mean these kinds of things happen a lot and all we ever hear is yes we'll investigate this don't you worry we're going to these are the bad apples it doesn't represent the most of most people so on and so forth it happens over and over again just happened with kill team the fifth striker brigade in kandahar who slaughtered afghan children for the fun of it and took cell of a tory pictures pictures next to their corpses were just to
the u.s. department of defense has promised a thorough investigation are you saying that people in the u.s. on short by this like so many other people all throughout the world i think a lot of ordinary people. rallying around the sort of support our troops thing but yes the governments and the authorities in both countries have been condemning it right but the problem is that in the past when things like this have come up say like abu ghraib photos of you know naked men in pyramids or when they...
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and to completely divorce themselves from the u.s. and it also is the exact same sort of moment why combinator is a seed capital fund for the internet space. china is the seed capital you could think of as for capitalism at this moment they're the only ones with cash reserves financing a lot of things so they must look at this in the same exact way that y. combinator look at sopa y. combinator look at sopa and salt the death rattles of an industry china has to look at this and see the same exact thing that they're running out of ideas if they're only ideas to shoot somebody and certainly a good case to continue to keep accumulating all the server states never thanks so much being on the kaiser report thank you means that go a much more coming your way so stay right there. the official tee up location. you pulled from the. lights on the. video. feed now with the palm of your. on the dot com. your welcome back to the kaiser reports i'm not to go to california and speak with author radio show host mike rupert of collapse not dot com mike
and to completely divorce themselves from the u.s. and it also is the exact same sort of moment why combinator is a seed capital fund for the internet space. china is the seed capital you could think of as for capitalism at this moment they're the only ones with cash reserves financing a lot of things so they must look at this in the same exact way that y. combinator look at sopa y. combinator look at sopa and salt the death rattles of an industry china has to look at this and see the same...
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and barack obama has announced a new road map for the u.s. military with an emphasis on making the military a leader and cheaper the plan calls on the armed forces to abandon their ability to fight two simultaneous land wars and shift focus on stamping their military superiority across asia and the pacific our correspondent going to church again has the latest details. you strategy is to move away from ground wars from long term stability operations to mobile wars where the u.s. can as we don't put out a put it shift and deploy forces to fight any enemy anywhere they said they're going to invest heavily in new capabilities seen drones in space technology to give the u.s. military this whole new shape which is the defense secretary said it will be nothing like the cold war or the post cold war military meaning they're moving away from ground wars told words air wars toward the intelligence war so to speak the u.s. is pull troops out of iraq but still less thousands of contractors behind president obama said it was draw all day for u.s. forces
and barack obama has announced a new road map for the u.s. military with an emphasis on making the military a leader and cheaper the plan calls on the armed forces to abandon their ability to fight two simultaneous land wars and shift focus on stamping their military superiority across asia and the pacific our correspondent going to church again has the latest details. you strategy is to move away from ground wars from long term stability operations to mobile wars where the u.s. can as we don't...
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u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china on the one you know on the other side much more david was in libya protests continue in egypt libya syria and many more arab countries as the year ends. the battle to save the drowning single currency left to board rooms and banks in twenty eleven and flooded the streets of europe most commonly and violently in athens greek debt became the centerpiece of the euro crisis protests raged against desperate austerity cuts to qualify for i.m.f. bailouts germany and france vying for influence in the debt ridden zone i think we will see an exit of greece given the situation in which the greek economy find itself that has become really unavoidable draining the economy of big brother germany can't go on forever greece and italy are now led by on a lark to brussels back technocrat leaders who are trying to curb the crisis coming into a new year critics say twenty eleven bell outs or bust was the beginning of the end for the single european currency there
u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china on the one you know on the other side much more david was in libya protests continue in egypt libya syria and many more arab countries as the year ends. the battle to save the drowning single currency left to board rooms and banks in twenty eleven and flooded the streets of europe most commonly and violently in athens greek debt became the centerpiece of the euro crisis protests raged against desperate austerity cuts to qualify for i.m.f. bailouts...
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of the u.s. media and it's certainly part of the pattern in the presidential campaign of publishing the presidential candidates long. remember we're always came to know what you think about our stories and your opinion is welcome and we're website vote where we're asking what's next for iran let's take a look at what's happening there on the side almost half of the voters believe the u.s. will push iran towards a live military conflict about a third of respondents are convinced america will strike first the rest of your almost evenly split between whether iran will claim to have nuclear capabilities for the west to back off or it will protect itself by setting up an anti us alliance and south america will do let us know if you haven't done so yet what you think on this issue by logging on to our website r.t. dot com. the united states has a passion for pills americans reportedly consume sixty percent of the world's drugs used to control mental behavior and explains pharmaceutical firms plan to ke
of the u.s. media and it's certainly part of the pattern in the presidential campaign of publishing the presidential candidates long. remember we're always came to know what you think about our stories and your opinion is welcome and we're website vote where we're asking what's next for iran let's take a look at what's happening there on the side almost half of the voters believe the u.s. will push iran towards a live military conflict about a third of respondents are convinced america will...
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u.s. they've been very careful up till now to acknowledge any kind of violence that's being perpetrated by any others apart from. the government forces in syria but i think just a few days ago the u.s. ambassador did admit that actually there is violence there is there are. actors active who are not government forces so i think what's been very clear is that this is a project about regime change and it's within this context the narrative of sort of pro-democracy movement. can text this is the cause. their region changed. and one of the biggest disagreements are in the un over how to proceed with syria stems from the west's starts of holding assad personally responsible for all of the bloodshed it's a position that's drawing accusations of bias and intentional ignorance as r.t. sarah further explained. no midnight sun two man was an activist networking site such as facebook to call for peace in syria he phoned his family to tell them to watch him during an interview on lake who t.v. so i me
u.s. they've been very careful up till now to acknowledge any kind of violence that's being perpetrated by any others apart from. the government forces in syria but i think just a few days ago the u.s. ambassador did admit that actually there is violence there is there are. actors active who are not government forces so i think what's been very clear is that this is a project about regime change and it's within this context the narrative of sort of pro-democracy movement. can text this is the...
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the u.s. on bail see its new military strategy ground war as they are now seen as part and the new kind of warfare is indoors i'll tell you more about it as i come back in just a few minutes. right now though prosecutors in the trial of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak of called for death by hanging for him and his closest associates they justified their request by arguing that mubarak was personally responsible for every protest to death during the country's revolution the eighty three year olds currently suffering severe health problems international relations expert professor mark colvin told me honey mubarak would only bring harm to the region. christian. structures. will come to our present state or perhaps. one of the tibetans churches. to be sure. and certain wider group who will serve the doctor who. wouldn't bark and students can sue hire and. fire and say no current resigning was marie priest. marinara her serene track record combined expected here or are. we going to hatch. a
the u.s. on bail see its new military strategy ground war as they are now seen as part and the new kind of warfare is indoors i'll tell you more about it as i come back in just a few minutes. right now though prosecutors in the trial of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak of called for death by hanging for him and his closest associates they justified their request by arguing that mubarak was personally responsible for every protest to death during the country's revolution the eighty three...
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when the u.s. invasion began almost went into hiding from an increasingly wary northern alliance but his freedom didn't last shuckers supporters maintain he was sold for a bounty went into the hands of the northern alliance who were warlords basically and he actually thought all the americans that my goodness it will save me from the torture that he's had lots of torture by them but no he was transported to graham turner and there he has remains despite president obama's original election pledge to close guantanamo altogether despite being cleared for release and is despite being a legal permanent resident in the u.k. with family in london which includes one son he's never even seen and fell for moving closer to being freed shuckers supporters see worrying developments in the us is attitude to extrajudicial detention obama recently signed the national defense authorization act which places domestic terror investigations into the hands of the military and extends a ban on transferring prisoners out
when the u.s. invasion began almost went into hiding from an increasingly wary northern alliance but his freedom didn't last shuckers supporters maintain he was sold for a bounty went into the hands of the northern alliance who were warlords basically and he actually thought all the americans that my goodness it will save me from the torture that he's had lots of torture by them but no he was transported to graham turner and there he has remains despite president obama's original election...
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as the u.s. government flies prying eyes through the sky lawmakers have neglected to create any privacy protections for american citizens all of this is conscious and intentional and they're putting in place. controlling the population may be unemployed. and i think they're. not just. being federalized the agencies keep using more and more of these to justify their existence so they can say we need this to crack down on drugs we need this because there are a lot of robberies in this neighborhood we need this the united states is not only now a military industrial complex it's a homeland security complex they've merged into one in two thousand and six arrow via. a drone manufacturer received four point seven million dollars from the u.s. defense department to develop new on manned aerial vehicles. the newest and smallest invention is hummingbird a palm sized q looking spy plane weighing less than one pound there can be a very lucrative market in the united states for growth through police departme
as the u.s. government flies prying eyes through the sky lawmakers have neglected to create any privacy protections for american citizens all of this is conscious and intentional and they're putting in place. controlling the population may be unemployed. and i think they're. not just. being federalized the agencies keep using more and more of these to justify their existence so they can say we need this to crack down on drugs we need this because there are a lot of robberies in this...
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our and so did you hear what panetta said there despite the fact that a lot he was a u.s. citizen he was first and foremost a terrorist and that's ok to essentially consider him a citizen earth's community that to essentially not consider him a citizen anymore because his goal is to kill our people now there are a number of issues with that statement that should concern everybody out there let's not forget that the obama administration has never released any of the evidence that they say they have to prove that a lockie was playing an operational role in planning any al qaeda attacks against the u.s. as far as we know a lot he was indeed very vocal in the videos that he posted on you tube but that alone doesn't make you a terrorist so all that we can get from point at his answer here is that the evidence doesn't matter due process in a courtroom to prove the evidence doesn't matter if the government calls you a terrorist they can kill you and the rest of us are just supposed to take their word for it you see it didn't end there. this person wanted to suddenly raise questio
our and so did you hear what panetta said there despite the fact that a lot he was a u.s. citizen he was first and foremost a terrorist and that's ok to essentially consider him a citizen earth's community that to essentially not consider him a citizen anymore because his goal is to kill our people now there are a number of issues with that statement that should concern everybody out there let's not forget that the obama administration has never released any of the evidence that they say they...
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embassy and various support by the u.s. and iran respectively of of groups that oppose one another whether it's the. origin the love by the u.s. or. iraq in. iran and north recently it's sort of the fact that iran is supplying to all sides by u.s. allies to the north south east and west. i think accounts for a lot of. this tension over the years despite all the friction we're seeing though of course the u.s. and iran do have some common interests as well they both want to stable afghanistan for example what is holding them but maybe a simplistic question of what sort of there but from finding a common language and ending this crisis certainly i think. the biggest issue is just decades of distrust it's taking it's taking a lot of it will take a lot of political capital to sort of break beyond that but at the same time there are vested interests on both sides and the you in iran there are certain elements of the regime that actually based their power. or on an anti americanism where is there certain lobbies from saudi in isra
embassy and various support by the u.s. and iran respectively of of groups that oppose one another whether it's the. origin the love by the u.s. or. iraq in. iran and north recently it's sort of the fact that iran is supplying to all sides by u.s. allies to the north south east and west. i think accounts for a lot of. this tension over the years despite all the friction we're seeing though of course the u.s. and iran do have some common interests as well they both want to stable afghanistan for...
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so with the u.s. giving in to their demands to be seen as a victory for the taliban i think the idea of releasing these individuals without understanding what we're getting in return we being the united states i staff is not really a good idea and i think it's almost an act of desperation so how does the average citizen feel about releasing the terrorist suspects either out of high profile. to be. right so i would say that they need to be. detained should the u.s. be negotiating with taliban i don't think so. we're not well i mean they bombed our country and. they should pay for their for their sins so to speak i think they're everybody's come to the conclusion that valid taliban was there to stay so if we ever expects the ability in afghanistan they've got to be part of something the deal can be seen as one of the biggest breakthroughs in the ten year conflict in afghanistan but the fact that the u.s. is still trying to negotiate with the taliban shows that the u.s. is far from declaring. victory in
so with the u.s. giving in to their demands to be seen as a victory for the taliban i think the idea of releasing these individuals without understanding what we're getting in return we being the united states i staff is not really a good idea and i think it's almost an act of desperation so how does the average citizen feel about releasing the terrorist suspects either out of high profile. to be. right so i would say that they need to be. detained should the u.s. be negotiating with taliban i...
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politicians to say oh what's going on in the u.s. is dependent on europe when in reality the u.s. has some major problems of its own a major debt overhang. blick the fed has been very active in trying to reflate the economy but unaffected unaffected does bar high unemployment more than sixteen percent for people that either don't have work or want more work you know these are some real issues that the euro zone has nothing to do it and a congress that is bitterly divided in an election year is not likely to pass much so some real concerns that are being addressed here. well five candidates are in the running for russia's top job in march the electorial commission's confirmed applicants for the presidency an artist peter all over the short list for you. the central election commission of put the rubber stamp on the five names that will be running for the top job in russia on the fourth of march now those going for president will be glad to meet putin from the united russia party going to be sure gandolfo only communist so to give it all all full of their russia vladimir zhirinovsky
politicians to say oh what's going on in the u.s. is dependent on europe when in reality the u.s. has some major problems of its own a major debt overhang. blick the fed has been very active in trying to reflate the economy but unaffected unaffected does bar high unemployment more than sixteen percent for people that either don't have work or want more work you know these are some real issues that the euro zone has nothing to do it and a congress that is bitterly divided in an election year is...